# NTSB FTW66F0303: Cessna 150, N7908E, Mena, AR, August 31, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 31, 1965
- Place: Mena, AR · MENA, AR
- Location: 34.5826° N, 94.2365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mena, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5826&lon=-94.2365&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 26, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175485
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW66F0303
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66F0303

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2654  65/8/31    MENA ARK            CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 40, 52 TOTAL
        TIME - 1300                    N7908E              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MENA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        REMARKS- PILOT TAXIED ONTO MARKED CONSTRUCTION.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7908E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7908E-1973-06-21), registration cancelled 1973-06-21, S/N 17708 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (registry code 2071802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Mena

## Other investigations on N7908E (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA73AM113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73AM113), Jun 21, 1973: Cessna 150 (N7908E), Tallahassee, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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